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eggyleggy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Minor: War and Antisemitism
hmetwade's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Grief, and Violence
kittm's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Excrement, Violence, Gore, and Blood
cheyenne_wue's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Animal death
lightsleeper_heavydreamer's review against another edition
4.0
Very informative but reads super nicely at the same time. Looks at several sides of the coin and is very down to earth and not too lecturing. A little odd thoug that after all the research on the meat industry no conclusion on the dairy industry were drawn. It promotes vegetarianism with all the arguments that should have led to veganism.
The POV is very American so the data might not apply everywhere.
It is quite graphic, fair warning, animal abuse is described frequently.
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Blood
natrabbits's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
ghostly_monstera's review against another edition
4.75
And we desperately need information. How can we care for a planet when we know nothing about how systemically we are treating it? Food is wrapped up in culture, history, and identify. How do you unpack all that food can mean to people?
I genuinely loved this book. I never felt like Foer was preaching to me or angry with me. But he was asking questions I didn't yet have the knowledge to ask but desperately needed the answers to. He discusses the lives of animals (obviously) but he also takes a look at the people surrounding the industry. We get letters from a factory farmer, a small turkey farmer, a vegetarian cattle rancher, a vegan slaughterhouse builder, and many others. The more voices we hear, the clearer the picture will become.
We need to hear stories. We need to listen without presumption and hear how those big life questions and choices impact those people.
I do wish he would have mentioned that other cultures and those of other beliefs have difference access and ideas to eating animals, but he did acknowledge that the scope of his research would be in America.
Over all, a much needed book that encourages us to ask questions about the world around us and act on the answers we find.
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Death, Animal cruelty, and Blood
dylanlouise's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
shelby1994's review against another edition
4.0
Reading this made me become a vegetarian. That's it. That's the review.
(There is not enough space in the world for the number of content warnings that should be applied to this book; safe to say, don't make the mistake I did and try to read this while eating your lunch. You will throw up and have to leave work early to ponder the value and morality of human existence.)
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Gore
emmamoulton's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Violence